The 1946 New Mexico Conference football season was the season of college football played by the member schools of the New Mexico Conference (NMC), later renamed the Frontier Conference, as part of the 1946 college football season.
Adams State of Alamosa, Colorado, led by head coach Neal Mehring, compiled a 5–1 record and won the NMC championship.
[1] The 1946 Adams State Indians football team was an American football team that represented Adams State Teachers College (now known as Adams State University) as a member of the New Mexico Conference (NMC) during the 1946 college football season.
In their first season under head coach Neal Mehring, the team compiled a 5–1 record, won the NMC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 125 to 53.
Led by head coach Al Garten (10th season), the Greyhounds compiled a 1–7–1 record (1–3 against NMC opponents), finished fourth in the NMC, and were outscored by a total of 209 to 46.